In the summer of 2008, I moved from Illinois to Texas to attend Dallas Theological Seminary. Moving to Dallas was a culture shock for sure, and I started seminary hardly knowing anyone. One of the first girls I met was Katherine Reid {now Alumbaugh}. We had an intense time together in a creative writing class and instantly bonded and became friends. Fast forward a few years ;) and Katherine is now living in Austin, Texas and married to TJ, who is originally from Southern Illinois. This means a few times a year when they come to Illinois to visit his family, they will make a pit stop at the Swalley house to visit, which is one of my favorite parts of the holiday season! This time around, the Alumbaughs are expecting their first baby, a little girl, and they asked me to do some maternity pictures while they were in town. So they brought over some donuts from our town bakery and then we had a little photo session in our house! {side note, I told my 3 year old, Emmy, that Katherine and TJ were coming to visit and she said "...and they're bringing donuts, right Mama?" Its a treat for every Swalley family member when they come to town, ha!} TJ is a big coffee drinker, so we had to include the aeropress in some of the pics too ;) I can't wait till your little girlie is here, the Swalleys are so happy for you two!